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Very early Wednesday morning, Vikings owner Zygi Wilf did something to make it easier for him to sleep at night. In a stunning change of course, Wilf released a statement on the Vikings’ website at 12:47 a.m. that placed running back and alleged child abuser Adrian Peterson on the NFL’s Exempt/Commissioner’s Permission list. The act removed Peterson from all team activities until his legal issues are resolved. That could be 2015, meaning we perhaps have seen the last of Peterson in a No. 28 Vikings jersey. Who said nothing good happens after midnight? The Vikings made the right move even if it came at the wrong time. The right time would have...

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